Low Carb Curried Egg Salad

If all you have had is that nasty egg salad from vending machines or airports… you’re in for a real treat with this recipe. With this decadent Low Carb Curried Egg Salad recipe on hand, you’ll forget all about those egg salad nightmares. This is light, refreshing and pairs perfectly with tomatoes and arugula. Just delicious.

This curried egg salad LOVES tomato and arugula. It truly is an amazing taste combination.

My Low Carb Curried Egg Salad Recipe is the Jam!

While we were living in France, I had a really nice opportunity to play around with curry. Why? Well, I kinda fell in love with it while I was living there. Every once and a while I’d find something on the menu which was accented with curry (or had curry as the main ingredient) and absolutely loved it.

All that being said, it was hard for me to find red or green curry, so I stuck with yellow… which is what we are going to use in this recipe. Now keep in mind that one yellow curry powder can very WILDLY from another. They all have different spices (and different ratios of spices!) within the curry powder.

Common spices found in yellow curry are: turmeric (to give the really yellow color), mustard seed, cinnamon, cumin, anise, ginger, fenugreek, pepper corns, mace and cardamom. There could easily be others included or some of these excluded from your prefab yellow curry powder. To make things easy, I used the Spice Islands Curry Powder which is readily available at most grocery stores.

I just love the bright and vibrant yellow of the curry in my egg salad recipe.

How to make Curried Egg Salad

Making low carb curried egg salad is easy. Just follow these simple steps:

Low Carb Curried Egg Salad Recipe

The curry in this recipe really adds a nice flavor component, which will have you and your family coming back for more. Serve with slices tomatoes and arugula for the full tasting experience.

Prep Time15mins

Total Time15mins

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Gluten Free, Indian, Vegetarian

Servings: 6people

Calories: 336kcal

Author: Scott G

Ingredients

12Hardboiled EggsPeeled

1/2CupCelerySmall Dice

1/2Orange Bell PepperSmall Dice

1/4CupShallotMinced

3/4CupMayonnaise

1TeaspoonDijon Mustard

2TablespoonsLemon Juice

1TablespoonCurry Powder

1/4TeaspoonGround Ginger

1TeaspoonCelery Seed

1TeaspoonKosher Salt

Instructions

Slice the hardboiled eggs with an egg slicer or by hand.

Add in the diced celery.

Add in the bell pepper.

Add in the shallots.

Add in the remaining ingredients.

Mix well in the bowl. Transfer to a serving dish and serve immediately.

Notes

Here are a couple thoughts about this recipe:

If you don't have hardboiled eggs, add 15 minutes onto the time for this recipe. Here's what you do: add eggs to a pot. Cover with water plus 1" additional in the pot. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and let sit for 12 minutes. Run under cold water for 3-5 minutes or until cooled.

I used homemade mayo for the recipe, which has no sugar or other added stuff in it. It's easy to make- but it's entirely up to you whether to use homemade or store bought.

If your eggs aren't quite cold when you start making my low carb curried egg salad, go ahead and make the salad... then put into the freezer for 20 minutes uncovered. Stir and test to see if it is nice and cold.

This is not a "make ahead" kind of thing. If you put this in the fridge overnight, you'll wake up to cold curried egg soup. The only way to bring it back to life is to drain out the water and add in more mayo with some curry mixed in.

If you don't have orange bell peppers, the yellow or red will work just fine. The green imparts a really strong flavor which I tend to avoid in recipes like this.

No celery seed? No problem. Just add in a bit more celery.

Go ahead and substitute red onion for the shallot if that is all you have on hand.

Nutrition

Calories: 336kcal

PLEASE NOTE: The nutritional data comes from NutriFox and may not be 100% accurate.

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About Scott G

My whole life I have fought and lost the weight loss battle... until recently when I changed my entire way of eating to Low Carb / Keto. In SIX MONTHS I lost 10+ INCHES off of my waistline by eating my own low carb recipes. I'll be sharing more recipes with you... I'm a true believer in the low carb lifestyle!!

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